Violence - Draft List of Deaths Related to the Conflict in 2016

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Draft List of Deaths Related to the Conflict in 2016

The following page has been compiled by Martin Melaugh to complement the Index of Deaths (1969-2001) by Malcolm Sutton. The information below is in draft form and should be treated with some caution. Some of the deaths listed below may be shown later to be unrelated to the conflict.

2016

15 March 2016

Adrian Ismay (52) ProtestantStatus: Prison Officer (PO), Killed by: [new] Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Seriously injured on 4 March 2016 when a booby-trap bomb exploded under his van, Hillsborough Drive, off the Woodstock Road, Belfast. Died from a heart attack on 15 March 2016. (See: BBC.) [The PSNI stated that a post-mortem examination had showed that Ismay had died as a "direct result of the injuries" he received in the explosion. (See: BBC.)]

Uncertain if conflict-related

6 January 2016

Conor McKee (31) CatholicStatus: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: unknown
Shot in the legs at his parents' home, Glenpark Street, Oldpark area, north Belfast, and died from his injuries. [McKee was on bail for drug offences at the time of his killing. The PSNI said they believed he had been shot at 6.15 pm and was found by his mother at 10.30 pm, (See: BBC). The Irish News reported speculation that "a splinter group with connections to the INLA has been linked to the murder". (The Irish News, 22 October 2016; on-line edition).]

25 February 2016

Stephen Carson (28) CatholicStatus: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: unknown
Shot in the head at a house in Walmer Street, Ormeau Road area, south Belfast. Died later in hospital from his injuries. [It was reported that the PSNI believed the murder was part of a "criminal feud", (See: BBC). The Irish News reported that two men were charged with his murder (The Irish News, 22 October 2016; on-line edition).]

15 April 2016

Michael McGibbon (33) CatholicStatus: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: [new] Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Shot three times in the leg in an alleyway at Butler Place, Ardoyne, north Belfast. Died shortly afterwards in Royal Victoria Hospital. [On 19 April 2016 the new Irish Republican Army (IRA) issued a statement of responsibility but said the intention had not been to kill Michael McGibbon. The statement claimed that the incident was a "punishment" shooting. (The Irish News, 20 April 2016; p.4)]

9 May 2016

Dan Murray (55) CatholicStatus: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: unknown
Shot dead in Lady Street, Falls Road area, west Belfast. He had been lured to the location by a hoax call to the business where he was a delivery driver. [In 2015 the Republican paramilitary group 'Action Against Drugs' had shot Murray in the face at his home but he survived the attack. (The Irish News, 22 October 2016; on-line edition)]

7 August 2016

John Boreland (46) ProtestantStatus: Ulster Defence Association (UDA), Killed by: loyalists
Shot dead in Sunningdale Gardens, Ballysillan Road area, north Belfast. He had been warned by the PSNI that his life was under threat. [Boreland had survived a previous attempt on his life in 2014. Rival loyalists were believed to have been responsible for the killing. (The Irish News, 22 October 2016; on-line edition)]

20 October 2016

Joe Reilly (43) CatholicStatus:Civilian (Civ), Killed by: unknown
Shot a number of times in the chest and died at his home, Glenwood Court, Poleglass, west Belfast. [There was speculation that the shooting had 'all the hallmarks' of a paramilitary-style attack. (The Irish News, 22 October 2016; on-line edition)]